Music was a factor in the only schism our little chapel's had in living memory, when two fairly highly strung evangelically types ran off to join a big chorus-loving congregation. It's amazing how much this 'issue' can excercise people in the Church, I suppose the emotionally affecting nature of much of it will contribute to that...
Found myself immediately convicted this morning about this - our church is blessed with a variety of styles and musicians... and so when we sang slightly more chorally than normal today I was able to look to God and delight in the variety of music that he gives, even if that music isn't quite my kinda music.... :)
Our God is worth singing about. And singing to each other about!
That's good... a very wise biblical perspective on worship music styles...
ReplyDeleteMusic was a factor in the only schism our little chapel's had in living memory, when two fairly highly strung evangelically types ran off to join a big chorus-loving congregation. It's amazing how much this 'issue' can excercise people in the Church, I suppose the emotionally affecting nature of much of it will contribute to that...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link Dave. I loved listening to it and posted about it.
ReplyDeleteFound myself immediately convicted this morning about this - our church is blessed with a variety of styles and musicians... and so when we sang slightly more chorally than normal today I was able to look to God and delight in the variety of music that he gives, even if that music isn't quite my kinda music.... :)
ReplyDeleteOur God is worth singing about. And singing to each other about!
They have a lot of good resources there. I've been a fan for a while, and try to check something new out off thier web site every month.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the Glorious Gospel group as well!
Big Chris (MrCLM)